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Temptations will come
We have begun our year out with talking about Jesus being our Rabbi, (Disciples give up their entire life) and the Kingdom Currency in operation ($50).
This is all part of the “Who are we” series, but I would be naive if I didn’t address the temptations that we have and will experience in our lives.
Today, we will start with the temptations Christ went through at the beginning of His ministry, and we will end with how we can be victorious in our battles.
Then, before we finish today, I have to speak to one group of people in particular.
Are you ready?
walk through this together
Spirit led
Picture this.
(Boxers walking to the ring for the main event with their managers.)
(also smack talk b4 MMA fights) was there any?
In prior verses, God calls Jesus His Son.
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Do you think Satan was on location when Jesus got baptised and God spoke?
What about the build up for 30 years of Jesus life?
Tempter tempted, knowing the body needs food.
How long was the fast??? 40 days!
Why 40?
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What is tempting?
It has to be something we want and could have or get or do.
a temptation is something possible for us to have and we desire it.
Jesus had the power and ability to change the stone into bread, and He was hungry.
?Do you fast?
why? to put God above food?
Fasting causes hunger, right?
Lets go deeper than the temptation of hunger though,
What is Satan tempting Jesus with?
Root cause of temptation beyond hunger would be using His own will to satisfy himself vs obedience to His Father.
If we go back to the 1st temptation of Eve, it is the same, yet they failed.
Jesus is doing right where others didn’t.
(this is a bit of a theme we will see)
Also, Lets look at the term Satan uses.
“IF”
What is this?
Tempting Jesus to prove Himself as the Son of God.
If You are, prove it.
If we have to prove ourselves to someone else, is that some of our own ego involved?
Can be.
We see Jesus using the Word of God to fight the temptation from Satan.
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Is Gods word irrelevant today?
Some ppl say it is.
Here we find just how relevant it truly is!
Jesus said, man doesn’t live on bread alone, but every word from the mouth of God.
Where did this verse that He used come from?
Deut.
what was happening in Deut.?
Israelites, wilderness, 40 yrs, keep the commands, humility,
Does God know our hearts?
When tested, our hearts are revealed.
we are exposed.
Our lives are seen.
Did we walk by faith or not, did we follow or not.
Did we obey, or not?
Were our hearts right with God or not?
Did Jesus pass the first temptation?
What did it reveal about His heart?
He didn’t have to prove Himself the Son of God by doing what Satan was tempting Him with.
He had things in their rightful place.
they were in the right order in His heart.
God’s word and obedience to it was above food, above His hunger, above His own will.
He passed the test.
What about us, and order in the heart?
where is food in our hearts?
{My conviction explained)
Food in its rightful place in my heart is the battle, not food itself.
Do we need to wrestle out the order in our hearts?
The people that say the word of God is irrelevant in this day..... we see here, dealing with temptations, the word of God brings victory through the temptation! that is timeless!
now, the 2nd temptation
What do we see?
Satan again with the “if” statement tempting Jesus to prove Himself.
then he uses the word of God to try and lure Jesus.
Again, Eve got lured by Satan twisting the Word of God.
Jesus didn’t.
Obviously Satan has been around for a long time.
He knows the word of God.
Yet he twists it out of context, by not using all scripture together.
But scripture always needs to interpret scripture and that keeps it in its right context.
If we cherry pick a verse, we are in danger of what Satan does, misusing scripture.
Jesus balances the verses that Satan tries to use with another text of scripture.
Again, Jesus uses Deut.
Just prior to the verse He uses, Moses is pointing out to the Israelites that God must be first in their hearts, and have no other god above Him.
Yet the Israelites did test God, but Jesus is not.
Do we test God?
Do we presume on Him? Do we do things and say to ourselves, God will forgive me for this?
Do we put any other gods higher, or value anything more than God?
This would be testing God.
The bible says God is a jealous God, all because His rightful place in our hearts is to be first.
Are we getting to know Satan a little better?
Satan is trying to create disorder in your heart.
How about us getting to know Jesus even better?
He is showing order in the heart.
last temptation (for now)
Notice, Satan is done with the “IF” tactic.
When a tactic doesn’t work anymore, the enemy will try something else.
Will he ever stop?
No, what else does he have to do?
Again, this is a temptation that is possible, or it wouldn’t be tempting.
all the Kingdoms!
Jesus could have authority and rulership over all the Kingdoms.
Here we see the deal offered.
Jesus would have to worship Satan.
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